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even bill clinton came out for it before he was against it. >> worry bill clinton's remarks and larry summers's remarks, it's obvious that the economy needs the certainty of the extension of the current tax rates. >> to quote former president clinton, they will probably have to put everything off until early next year. >> obviously president bill clinton gets it. >> republicans clearly playing a little mischief with former president bill clinton with the taxes. what lessons can we draw from this and the wisconsin results for all things political? we are joined by haley barber, former governor of mississippi and national chairman. scott walk really had a good night. a better night than bill clinton. >> here a great night and republican his a great night because of it. it was a bad night for the public employee unions and the democrats and the lift. it can't. this is a very positive thing. they performed very well in wisconsin. a really good turn out and hard work on the ground. walker got about 200,000 more votes than he got when he was elected. >> are there other governors and stateho
even bill clinton came out for it before he was against it. >> worry bill clinton's remarks and larry summers's remarks, it's obvious that the economy needs the certainty of the extension of the current tax rates. >> to quote former president clinton, they will probably have to put everything off until early next year. >> obviously president bill clinton gets it. >> republicans clearly playing a little mischief with former president bill clinton with the taxes. what...
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secretary of state clinton talked about the incidents. >> like many americans i was shocked and saddened by the ill c -- by the killings of afghans. we send our simpympathies to th that lost their loved ones. we are committed to seeing that those responsible are held accountable. >> atia is live in kabul and jim is with us. atia, first to you, i know it takes a while for the word to get out. what about the security threats and the way the afghans are reacting to this, those who know about it so far? >> the area that it occurred is a very rural area of afghanistan, so the news is spreading slowed throughout afghanistan. i can tell you that many afghans within the capitol have heard of what happened, even on social media sites, they are going on and posting pictures of the dead children. pictures of a two and one-year-old, with a bullet hole within the forehead and afghans that are usually pro america are frustrated by this soldier that went out on a massacre, really in many afghans, questioning what the future of the u.s. presence will be. and many questioning whether they still want them
secretary of state clinton talked about the incidents. >> like many americans i was shocked and saddened by the ill c -- by the killings of afghans. we send our simpympathies to th that lost their loved ones. we are committed to seeing that those responsible are held accountable. >> atia is live in kabul and jim is with us. atia, first to you, i know it takes a while for the word to get out. what about the security threats and the way the afghans are reacting to this, those who know...
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chelsea clinton stood in her to her mother hillary clinton who sent a video message because of her sudden trip to syria. crisis meetings in turningy. also present, the no belt laureate from yemen. a most inspiring of all, the arab trail blazers from tune eastern, a libya, egypt and yemen. notably missing from the group of honorees, the saudi woman who led the protest. the saudi government would not let her leave the country to accept her award last night at the kennedy center last night. >> the medicare debate continues in washington. >> for more talk on social security. e right to know. ♪ ...so what does it mean for you and your family? [ female announcer ] you've earned the facts. ♪ washington may not like straight talk, but i do. [ female announcer ] and you've earned a say. get the facts and make your voice heard on medicare and social security at earnedasay.org. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced
chelsea clinton stood in her to her mother hillary clinton who sent a video message because of her sudden trip to syria. crisis meetings in turningy. also present, the no belt laureate from yemen. a most inspiring of all, the arab trail blazers from tune eastern, a libya, egypt and yemen. notably missing from the group of honorees, the saudi woman who led the protest. the saudi government would not let her leave the country to accept her award last night at the kennedy center last night....
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you couldn't have a more high profile surrogate than bill clinton. yet, bill clinton gets into the comfort zone talking to an old pal harry weinstein on cnn. and boy, let's take a longer look at what he had to say when asked about bain capital, which is the fundamental criticism of the obama campaign. >> i think he had a good business career. i don't think that we ought to get into the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. there's no question that in terms of getting up and going to the office and you know basically performing the essential functions of the office, a man who's been governor and had a sterling business career crosses the qualification threshold. >> now, bill clinton was just in wisconsin, you know, campaigning for milwaukee mayor barrett in that recall that is on tuesday. and he only alluded to this in passing. let's take a look. >> the great thing about not being president is you can say whatever you want. nobody has to care anymore, but you can say it. >> well, people do care. they notice it. >> you can say what
you couldn't have a more high profile surrogate than bill clinton. yet, bill clinton gets into the comfort zone talking to an old pal harry weinstein on cnn. and boy, let's take a longer look at what he had to say when asked about bain capital, which is the fundamental criticism of the obama campaign. >> i think he had a good business career. i don't think that we ought to get into the position where we say this is bad work. this is good work. there's no question that in terms of getting...
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trip to moscow and other clinton-era trips. is this generic behavior? is there a cultural problem with the agency? >> i don't think we know that yet, andrea. what we do know is for years the secret service has protected our presidents, protected elected officials visiting foreign heads of state. they've done it by putting their own lives on the line. what we do know is if you're going to make sure the actions of a few people don't overwhelm the good of so many, you have to have a thorough investigation. when secretary napolitano testified before the judiciary committee, a number of us pressed her to make sure that this investigation will be thorough, that the results will be public and i specifically asked her about these past events because the reports were starting to come out. she said, look, we're going to look into everything we can. but we have to make clear that no matter what happened in the past, it doesn't justify any of this type of activity going forward. so it's very clear this has shook up some of the culture and
trip to moscow and other clinton-era trips. is this generic behavior? is there a cultural problem with the agency? >> i don't think we know that yet, andrea. what we do know is for years the secret service has protected our presidents, protected elected officials visiting foreign heads of state. they've done it by putting their own lives on the line. what we do know is if you're going to make sure the actions of a few people don't overwhelm the good of so many, you have to have a thorough...
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now secretary of state clinton is over there and i respect her judgment. she's phenomenally competent and she thinks that they will work. but from netanyahu's point of view it's easy to say israel will say a country about to say they're going to bomb us and we can't sit around and wait. the president understands that, but it's very different if it's somebody else being threatened than you. imagine what america would do if some country threatened to bomb us with nuclear weapons. i don't think we'd sit around. >> now, you're not sitting around in terms of rebuilding new york city after the economic collapse. and what happened -- >> think about it, we've had -- this is -- yesterday was 11 years since the tragedy of 9/11, when everybody said our economy in new york city and in the country would collapse and then i think friday is the four-year anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers and that weekend it really was a question whether the national and international financial system could survive and those that think that we should have just let it happen,
now secretary of state clinton is over there and i respect her judgment. she's phenomenally competent and she thinks that they will work. but from netanyahu's point of view it's easy to say israel will say a country about to say they're going to bomb us and we can't sit around and wait. the president understands that, but it's very different if it's somebody else being threatened than you. imagine what america would do if some country threatened to bomb us with nuclear weapons. i don't think...
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the clintons never go away. bill just keeps coming back. if we're talking about favorable ratings, you know, as a former at the present time, he's always been off the charts. you can't believe we're talking about 2016 anyway. >> c'mon, that's my bread and butter. anyway, that being said, hillary is burned out right now, but she's got plenty of time to regroup, she'll have four years. i absolutely think she's going to look at it extremely seriously. i'm not sure governor cuomo will return if her numbers stay the way they are -- i'm not sure he would run and challenge her anyway. among andrew cuomo's assets are the affect that he has great political antenna. >> and i think right now today, who knows what happens in four years, what happens, it's her time. >> buyers' remorse is a powerful thing. i agree. we had not heard the last of it. thank you, lois. >> you're welcome. >>> coming up, can mitt romney rock the youth vote? this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. imaging . we have customers all over the united states. we rely on the po
the clintons never go away. bill just keeps coming back. if we're talking about favorable ratings, you know, as a former at the present time, he's always been off the charts. you can't believe we're talking about 2016 anyway. >> c'mon, that's my bread and butter. anyway, that being said, hillary is burned out right now, but she's got plenty of time to regroup, she'll have four years. i absolutely think she's going to look at it extremely seriously. i'm not sure governor cuomo will return...
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at the, secretary of state clinton told the u.s. panel that we have come too far to give up. >> it's fair to say that progress has been made and we have invested an enormous amount of blood and treasure in afghanistan. we do have a stake in trying to help work towards the best possible outcome and that is what we are doing now. >> with me now, msnbc military analyst, and retired army colonel, jack jacobs. colonel jack. many are asking what do we gain by staying longer, especially because of the violence we have seen and the distrust that has been laid bare in reaction to the burning of the korans, if we cannot even embed our military or our civilians? >> she is talking to the right guys by the way, the appropriations committee at the end of the day. they are the people who fund everything and if you cannot convince them, you are in big trouble. i think there's a great deal of the skepticism in congress in particular on both sides of the aisle of the mission. and it's interesting to note that the president decided that one of his pla
at the, secretary of state clinton told the u.s. panel that we have come too far to give up. >> it's fair to say that progress has been made and we have invested an enormous amount of blood and treasure in afghanistan. we do have a stake in trying to help work towards the best possible outcome and that is what we are doing now. >> with me now, msnbc military analyst, and retired army colonel, jack jacobs. colonel jack. many are asking what do we gain by staying longer, especially...
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secretary of state hillary clinton and former first lady laura bush together today marking a decade of fighting for political rights for after gan women. a struggle now at risk. and good day. i'm andrea mitchell. if our daily fix today, after staying on the sidelines for months, former florida governor jeb bush endorsed mitt romney this morning. will other republican holdouts now get on board? chris cillizza is managing editor of post politics.com and msnbc news chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd is host of the "daily rundown" right here on msnbc. jeb is the big get. >> a big get. there's they're or fo there's three or four more to get. the nomination plane is coming in for the landing the wheels are down. you can always abort landings. you can't -- this jeb bush endorsement, it's important. it would be -- it has been more telling that it took so long. look how it was done, by press release, by tweet. and then the romney campaign even you know, they put out a release talking about that it happened. >> where was the joint news conference? where was the sto
secretary of state hillary clinton and former first lady laura bush together today marking a decade of fighting for political rights for after gan women. a struggle now at risk. and good day. i'm andrea mitchell. if our daily fix today, after staying on the sidelines for months, former florida governor jeb bush endorsed mitt romney this morning. will other republican holdouts now get on board? chris cillizza is managing editor of post politics.com and msnbc news chief white house correspondent...
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it's bill clinton. it's hard not to look at this as the bill clinton bump. >> two other events that have taken place which have had an impact on the stock market as well which makes people feel better. resolutions of some of the conflicts, not all, in europe. >> and the federal reserve. >> and the bernanke effect. >> look at those numbers and say, well, 41% still say we're worse off. i will tell you that in talking to the obama folks they will take that every day and -- >> best number they've had. >> it's never going to be 60% better off, 40% worse off. just the economic situation is such. but the key is that better off/worse off number if it is a draw it says barack obama has done what he can do and let's give him more time. >> the movement was among not just democrats, yes a lot of sort of on the fence democrats who now rallied in but a movement among independents too. >> that's interesting. the other number you're releasing is, who do you think is better prepared to lead the country for the next four
it's bill clinton. it's hard not to look at this as the bill clinton bump. >> two other events that have taken place which have had an impact on the stock market as well which makes people feel better. resolutions of some of the conflicts, not all, in europe. >> and the federal reserve. >> and the bernanke effect. >> look at those numbers and say, well, 41% still say we're worse off. i will tell you that in talking to the obama folks they will take that every day and --...
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but hillary clinton not interested in that. people tell me she's going to go off and do foundation work, maybe combining with her husband's work. but that she's -- she could be a candidate in the waiting. >> it's tough to raise money for presidential campaign when you have a government job. the clinton foundation -- incredible vehicle for that. it's really if she at some point i imagine she has not made up her mind but there's going to be a lot of people pushing her to run. >> kirstin may be the first to say it publicly. it's the kind of story that you can't actually say is not true until it happens. >> it is what it is. i think that would be an amazing race. i'm sure governor andrew cuomo is watching. >> new york politics. tortured world of new york politics. ben smith, great to see you. this is busy indeed. >> thanks for having me on. >> last night i attended a moment, a century of service ceremony, 100 years combined honoring bob dole and howard baker who also served as ronald reagan's last white house chief of staff. it was
but hillary clinton not interested in that. people tell me she's going to go off and do foundation work, maybe combining with her husband's work. but that she's -- she could be a candidate in the waiting. >> it's tough to raise money for presidential campaign when you have a government job. the clinton foundation -- incredible vehicle for that. it's really if she at some point i imagine she has not made up her mind but there's going to be a lot of people pushing her to run. >>...
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clinton could not ever win a state big enough to make it up. that is where santorum finds himself now and santorum has to fight a two-front war, he has gingrich on the one side and romney on the other. romney only has to worry about santorum. santorum has to worry about gingrich. this is helpful in the long run to santorum, because it takes away a significant number of votes that gingrich is getting would clearly go to santorum. >> rich, thank you for your perspective, you've been in and done that, you know of what you speak. thanks for being with us. still ahead, we will talk to the u.s. ambassador ryan crocker and a verdict in the webcam spying case that shook the nation. send me your thoughts. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. hey, this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice
clinton could not ever win a state big enough to make it up. that is where santorum finds himself now and santorum has to fight a two-front war, he has gingrich on the one side and romney on the other. romney only has to worry about santorum. santorum has to worry about gingrich. this is helpful in the long run to santorum, because it takes away a significant number of votes that gingrich is getting would clearly go to santorum. >> rich, thank you for your perspective, you've been in and...
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now what the alternative is. >> what would hillary clinton do? hillary clinton is about to arrive. does that mean there's a deal in hand? >> it's an interesting question. is she arriving to initiate shuttle diplomacy, as warren christopher did in april of '96 when he brokered an agreement literally between israel and hezbollah, using syria, not egypt, but this time it would be egypt as a repository guarantees. i'm not sure she's there for shuttle diplomacy and i'm not sure she's confident enough that there's going to be an agreement. i think it's almost unimaginable she wouldn't go. everyone else is there. she does have the capacity, i think, to press the israelis to give morsi, if diplomacy is running in the right direction, the political time and space to actually press hamas to stand down and maybe she needs to hear from morsi exactly what the status of these negotiations are and what hamas' requirements are. what she cannot do is put herself in the middle of an incorrect negotiation between israel and hamas, both for political reasons and for any other agendas items that the ob
now what the alternative is. >> what would hillary clinton do? hillary clinton is about to arrive. does that mean there's a deal in hand? >> it's an interesting question. is she arriving to initiate shuttle diplomacy, as warren christopher did in april of '96 when he brokered an agreement literally between israel and hezbollah, using syria, not egypt, but this time it would be egypt as a repository guarantees. i'm not sure she's there for shuttle diplomacy and i'm not sure she's...
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>> i would agree with secretary clinton. i agree with that. additionally, the p5 plus 1 negotiations, i understand, have resumed. i think what needs to be done candidly and i have suggested this privately to the administration, i think we have to learn whether the supreme leader wants an agreement and if he does, what it will take. it may well be that the united states has to bilaterally step up and take use of this opportunity, to interface dir t directly with the supreme leader. i understand israel's position. i also know that the united states has been working hand and glove with israel, in many different ways, many of them classified, so there has been really unbridled cooperation with israel. so, i think we have done everything that we should be doing. >> and senator, just briefly, you're suggesting direct talks between the united states and iran if we could do it at the right level. you can imagine what, for instance, mitt romney would have to say about that if president obama were to authorize someone to go and talk directly to iran. >>
>> i would agree with secretary clinton. i agree with that. additionally, the p5 plus 1 negotiations, i understand, have resumed. i think what needs to be done candidly and i have suggested this privately to the administration, i think we have to learn whether the supreme leader wants an agreement and if he does, what it will take. it may well be that the united states has to bilaterally step up and take use of this opportunity, to interface dir t directly with the supreme leader. i...
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said i represent the 57% of americans who did not vote for bill clinton. paul ryan gave an interview saying he didn't believe that president obama has a mandate because he didn't win both congresses. you have to say eisenhower, nixon, reagan, other presidents substantially re-elected or elected didn't have mandates themselves. >> tom brokaw, in this second term as the president begins to decide how to shape his policies, be he according to all that have talked to him and other white house officials want to get things done. he told the "des moines register" in an interview he thought was going to be held as an off the record interview, wanted to do something big on immigration. clearing the deck of these investigations as you said and this our aura of scandal is critical to have the power on capitol hill to make tough decisions. >> rudy giuliani said before this election and says it in a kind of joshing way, that he doesn't want a second term, he wants a second chance. i thought that was accurate. he does want a second chance and the country needs for him t
said i represent the 57% of americans who did not vote for bill clinton. paul ryan gave an interview saying he didn't believe that president obama has a mandate because he didn't win both congresses. you have to say eisenhower, nixon, reagan, other presidents substantially re-elected or elected didn't have mandates themselves. >> tom brokaw, in this second term as the president begins to decide how to shape his policies, be he according to all that have talked to him and other white house...
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i imagine both secretary clinton and mr. brahimi would be lean on the russians to convince assad to leave power. he's finished in syria. there's no way he's going to emerge victorious. the only options for him are to lose and lose his life, most probability, or leave syria but certainly this civil war now more than 40,000 people dead, and with the latest problem with chemical weapons, the civil war has to be brought to an end. >> now, ambassador, both president obama and secretary of state clinton warned chemical weapons are the red line on syria. i also want to play something that defense secretary leon panetta had to say in reaction to the reports about the preparation of chemical weapons. let play that and talk about what diplomatic options are left. >> the president of the united states made very clear that there will be consequences. there will be conconsequences if the assad regime makes a terrible mistake by using these chemical weapons on their own people. i'm not going to speculate or comment on what those potential
i imagine both secretary clinton and mr. brahimi would be lean on the russians to convince assad to leave power. he's finished in syria. there's no way he's going to emerge victorious. the only options for him are to lose and lose his life, most probability, or leave syria but certainly this civil war now more than 40,000 people dead, and with the latest problem with chemical weapons, the civil war has to be brought to an end. >> now, ambassador, both president obama and secretary of...
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holbrook was protected by his loyal friend, secretary of state hillary clinton. so what happened was for more than a year, both sides just fought very bitterly, very acrimoniously, holbrook would be excluded from meetings, denied the use of government aircraft. holbrook would convene gatherings that didn't have all personnel in them. it was childish. our government is supposed to be better than this. but this in-fighting that i detail came at a real cost. we had a window when we were surging troops in there, when we had real leverage. i'm not trying to say the taliban were waiting there on the other side of the table, you know, ready to negotiate. it was always going to be a tough path to get there. but we could have tried to at least had a unified policy and moved forward with trying to find an honorable way to end this conflict with fewer lives lost. instead, senior officials of our government who should have been working together on the same team at times were more consumed with fighting one another than fighting against the common enemy. >> the tragedy of afg
holbrook was protected by his loyal friend, secretary of state hillary clinton. so what happened was for more than a year, both sides just fought very bitterly, very acrimoniously, holbrook would be excluded from meetings, denied the use of government aircraft. holbrook would convene gatherings that didn't have all personnel in them. it was childish. our government is supposed to be better than this. but this in-fighting that i detail came at a real cost. we had a window when we were surging...
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i think the first picture we have is hillary clinton in africa. first of all, the fact she's gone to so many places. what is the diplomatic import of what she's accomplishing on the road? >> i was with her in china, bangladesh and india so you saw the diplomatic import in india when she was dealing with one of the biggest diplomatic crises between the u.s. and china in memory. i think the remarkable thing is while that was going on behind the scenes she continued to meet with the president, she went to all of the meetings and even made time to go to a clean cook stove event, of all things, because this is one of the causes that are important to her. this was something that was surprising. she, as i wrote in the story, following her is like following a woman shot out of a cannon with rocket boosters strapped to her pantsuit, yet her days are scheduled down to the nanosecond but when she could find time to relax, when she could take a breather, she doesn't. she uses her rock star status to draw the spotlight to causes that are important to her. name
i think the first picture we have is hillary clinton in africa. first of all, the fact she's gone to so many places. what is the diplomatic import of what she's accomplishing on the road? >> i was with her in china, bangladesh and india so you saw the diplomatic import in india when she was dealing with one of the biggest diplomatic crises between the u.s. and china in memory. i think the remarkable thing is while that was going on behind the scenes she continued to meet with the...
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former president bill clinton departing that memorial service. the funeral for senator inouye moments ago with president obama taking time to speak with senator kerry after the service. joining me now for our daily fix chris alissa, msnbc managing editor of post politics.com jeffrey goldberg, national correspondent for the atlantic washington bureau chief susan page, and the "new york times" white house correspondent mark lamb berg. let's talk about the pick of john kerry. we knew it was coming. the timing is interesting. they wanted to do this before christmas, but then we thought it was going to be after christmas, even from the kerry people. how did this all come together for today? >> i think the white house, andrea, wanted to get one of these announcements out the door before the christmas holiday and given that this was the worst kept secret in washington, it seemed the right day to do it. what's interesting is it is only senator kerry. there's no announcement for secretary of defense or the pentagon. there are short lists for both of those
former president bill clinton departing that memorial service. the funeral for senator inouye moments ago with president obama taking time to speak with senator kerry after the service. joining me now for our daily fix chris alissa, msnbc managing editor of post politics.com jeffrey goldberg, national correspondent for the atlantic washington bureau chief susan page, and the "new york times" white house correspondent mark lamb berg. let's talk about the pick of john kerry. we knew it...
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. >> meanwhile as nato prepares to deploy patriot missile defenses to turkey, hillary clinton warns syria against moving its chemical weapons. >> this is a red line for the united states. i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we are would do in the event of credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people, but suffice it to say, we are certainly planning to take action if that eventuality were to occur. >> and while washington buzzes over this video tribute to clinton, some are asking is it a farewell to the secretary or prelude to 2016? honoring the icons. politics meets hollywood. a tribute to the arts. president obama finds a way to salute an eclectic group of honor honorees. >> we've got my guy sitting next to dustin hoffman. dave letterman alongside one of the greatest ballerinas of all time. i couldn't think dave dances. there's no smooth transition from ballerina to led skep lin. they redefine the rock and roll lifestyle. we do not have video of this. there was some hotel rooms trashed and mayhem all around. so it's
. >> meanwhile as nato prepares to deploy patriot missile defenses to turkey, hillary clinton warns syria against moving its chemical weapons. >> this is a red line for the united states. i'm not going to telegraph in any specifics what we are would do in the event of credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people, but suffice it to say, we are certainly planning to take action if that eventuality were to occur. >> and...
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plus, former president bill clinton taking on governor romney after romney used clinton's name in an attack on president obama. >> he said they ought to give him a promotion. he told the truth. >> we'll have more on what clinton had to say and the defense rests in the edwards trial without edwards, his daughter cate or his mistress rielle hunter taking the stand froo. >> from the controversy over contraception to the cover of "time" magazine, women are at the center of the political controversy today. the archbishop of washington, d.c. to prevent georgetown university from having hhs secretary kathleen sebelius as the school's commencement speaker because of her role in implementing the president's health komplg for contraception. joining me is gail lemon. first of all, this whole controversy over a au commencement speaker. the president of georgetown is standing birm. he also issued a very strong support of sandra fluke when that controversy emerged that kathleen sebelius should be the commencement speaker. again, engaging on this whole question of contraception and what will women
plus, former president bill clinton taking on governor romney after romney used clinton's name in an attack on president obama. >> he said they ought to give him a promotion. he told the truth. >> we'll have more on what clinton had to say and the defense rests in the edwards trial without edwards, his daughter cate or his mistress rielle hunter taking the stand froo. >> from the controversy over contraception to the cover of "time" magazine, women are at the center...
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secretary of state hillary clinton dismissed the vote as a sham. >>> under intense pressure in egypt, egypt has postponed the trial of six americans. a judge said that a two-month break will give the lawyers to res review the documents and give the defendants access to the interpreters. an issue that rasks a major break between the u.s. and egyptian authorities. >>> more bloodshed in afghanistan, a week after the u.s. troops burned copies of a koran ined a veter koran, nine afghans were killed. to date, 40 people have died, killed in protests and attacks, including four u.s. soldiers and two of them officers shot at point blank range. as a rule, civilians have been withdrawn from their afghan posts. >> what are the u.s. and nato officials saying today as to how to proceed from here on? >> reporter: there's a lot of confusion, the forces know they have to move forward and they say they will. they still believe in their slogan, meaning shoulder to shoulder, they will continue to work with their afghan partners, but can they trust each other at the moment? there's a lot of tension betwee
secretary of state hillary clinton dismissed the vote as a sham. >>> under intense pressure in egypt, egypt has postponed the trial of six americans. a judge said that a two-month break will give the lawyers to res review the documents and give the defendants access to the interpreters. an issue that rasks a major break between the u.s. and egyptian authorities. >>> more bloodshed in afghanistan, a week after the u.s. troops burned copies of a koran ined a veter koran, nine...
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hillary clinton and the state department team wanted all along to just, say you're sorry last november. okay. there was fault on both sides. it's clear that the pakistani military may have fired first, but the bottom line was, we killed 24 pakistani troops. >> that's right. >> they were demanding an apology. that was the price for keeping this border opening going for the nato troops. and for months and months, the pentagon and the white house refused to let hillary clinton po apologize. >> that's right. the assumption was if we pressured pakist, that they would buckle. and in the end, we had overestimated our hand and underestimated their resolve. >> and they were too weak to buckle. it was a political weakness of their teams over there and of their civilian and military government that made it impossible politically, domestically for them to buckle to the united states. >> that's one issue. there is enormous amounts of anti-americans in pakistan. also, pakistan held a very strong hand. we depend on them for supplies going into afghanistan now that the president has announced that we'
hillary clinton and the state department team wanted all along to just, say you're sorry last november. okay. there was fault on both sides. it's clear that the pakistani military may have fired first, but the bottom line was, we killed 24 pakistani troops. >> that's right. >> they were demanding an apology. that was the price for keeping this border opening going for the nato troops. and for months and months, the pentagon and the white house refused to let hillary clinton po...
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guess would be from the three days there was a level of enthusiasm, excitement, his wife speech, bill clinton's speech favorably reviewed. it always does help to go second. mitt romney's convention ended and everyone was on to charlotte to cover president obama and his convention. i still think that the underlying dynamic of the race is president obama versus the economy. yes, mitt romney is in there, no question, but the jobs report on friday i think served as a reminder that the president can win this race, but he is going to have to convince people that the economy is either getting better slowly but surely or not his fault or mitt romney would do it worse. i feel like that's really the dynamic of the race. mitt romney is the third person in this race. you're talking about can barack obama convince folks on the economy, that hasn't changed after the convention. my guess is we'll see a little bit of closing in the next couple weeks. >> and mark halperin, let's talk about ohio. what is your reporting telling you about what the republicans are facing in ohio and why mitt romney is back there ag
guess would be from the three days there was a level of enthusiasm, excitement, his wife speech, bill clinton's speech favorably reviewed. it always does help to go second. mitt romney's convention ended and everyone was on to charlotte to cover president obama and his convention. i still think that the underlying dynamic of the race is president obama versus the economy. yes, mitt romney is in there, no question, but the jobs report on friday i think served as a reminder that the president can...
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a lot of people said hillary clinton was ill served by her campaign in 2008, should have won. hillary clinton's name was ultimately on it. on the campaign and it was her who was out there. if mitt romney wants change he needs to make it. it feels like you're bad at tennis, it's not your athletic fault. it's the fault of the racket. like ultimately you're the person who chooses what pieces you put in place. what you say, where you say them. i think blame the campaign structure if you want, but ultimately it's about can the candidate sell him or herself and put a campaign in place that maximizes their strength, and minimizes their weaknesses. that's how you win. it's not about a campaign structure, kind of winning a race if the candidate isn't winning it for him or herself. >> chris cizilla, thanks so much. chuck todd, thank you for being here. >>> and up next, team obama, what about that redistribution charge. we'll talk to national press secretary ben lebolt. still ahead, will france set off another round of middle east protests? former ambassador chris hill. this is "andrea m
a lot of people said hillary clinton was ill served by her campaign in 2008, should have won. hillary clinton's name was ultimately on it. on the campaign and it was her who was out there. if mitt romney wants change he needs to make it. it feels like you're bad at tennis, it's not your athletic fault. it's the fault of the racket. like ultimately you're the person who chooses what pieces you put in place. what you say, where you say them. i think blame the campaign structure if you want, but...
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president obama snubs pakistan's president za darry, shuffling him off to meet with secretary of state clinton instead of with the president after zardari refuses to reopen supply lines for materials to the war zone. >>> while the president goes for a hail mary at soldier field, is his campaign guilty of unneccessary roughness on bain capital? team obama launches another video today, a hit on mitt romney as a leading democratic ally slams the obama campaign tactic on "meet the press." >> this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. it's nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. >> and the "saturday night live" emotional sendoff. mick jagger helps the snl team bid an emotional farewell to chr kristin wii g. ♪ >> and good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in chicago where the president is now hosting his first nato summit, the first ever held outside of washington and only the third held in the united states since the alliance was founded more than a half century ago. president obama today announced that nato is going to hand over lead security responsibilitieses to afghan forc
president obama snubs pakistan's president za darry, shuffling him off to meet with secretary of state clinton instead of with the president after zardari refuses to reopen supply lines for materials to the war zone. >>> while the president goes for a hail mary at soldier field, is his campaign guilty of unneccessary roughness on bain capital? team obama launches another video today, a hit on mitt romney as a leading democratic ally slams the obama campaign tactic on "meet the...
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. >> david, there is a continuing controversy, hillary clinton asked about it today and said we knew what we knew at the time and investigating, she ducked the question. >> paul ryan came out among the more memorable lines is there's an act of terror against the united states we're going to call it what it is. this administration is caught in a lot of different explanations, complicated story, and you've got the intelligence community, state department and the white house. we cover washington. we understand there's a lot of competing voices when it comes to that. the buck stops at the white house with the president on these matters. and this was an act of terror as he says and there are a lot of different explanations. heated testimony about the fact that there were additional security requests. again this is just messy. i don't think -- look, martha raddtz asked direct questions i believe in moderators asking direct questions and getting answers. was it an intelligence failure. he didn't answer the question. and she did go back at a later point. this just -- they're just sewing more
. >> david, there is a continuing controversy, hillary clinton asked about it today and said we knew what we knew at the time and investigating, she ducked the question. >> paul ryan came out among the more memorable lines is there's an act of terror against the united states we're going to call it what it is. this administration is caught in a lot of different explanations, complicated story, and you've got the intelligence community, state department and the white house. we cover...
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the house foreign affairs committee said secretary clinton would testify. the word from the state department is that's not a done deal. toward the end of the review board she'll have to be up there to respond to all of it. what is the internal dynamic inside the intelligence community? you've had a cia director forced to resign over what he acknowledges were personal misconduct? you now also have a four-star general leading the war in afghanistan, nominated to be nato supreme allied commander who is supposed to have his hearing today and now is not having his hearing because he has been ensnared in the e-mail chain, probably innocently but enough there for the defense department to decide they needed to review and other issues with other generals in the chain of command? there does seem to be a feeling that there is something seriously amiss. >> well, obviously some of these events that have been unearthed over last week it's a tragedy for the people involved. i can tell you, having served with the u.s. military, worked with the u.s. military for so many ye
the house foreign affairs committee said secretary clinton would testify. the word from the state department is that's not a done deal. toward the end of the review board she'll have to be up there to respond to all of it. what is the internal dynamic inside the intelligence community? you've had a cia director forced to resign over what he acknowledges were personal misconduct? you now also have a four-star general leading the war in afghanistan, nominated to be nato supreme allied commander...
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and hillary clinton aid it first, she heard a rush, a roar and then finally realized what it was. what an emotional moment. >> imagine having to tell your kids in part in case they hear the crowds outside the public housing where you happen to be living. >> the fact that he did not share it with michelle obama, i was toned by that. i can sort of understand the secretary of state not breaking security to tell her husband. the former president. but the inner circle of the marital relationship, how could he have gone through the whole run-up up to this the decision making which was tough because it was a close call, it was not a gimme putt at all and then the correspondents dinner and not share it with michelle obama? >> i put it this way to the president. i said when you listen to the old recorded telephone calls of president johnson, we now know he was on the phone a lot to as he always called him, general eisenhower, that former president's club and there's a new book about them, we happen to have a lot of living former presidents alive today. did you seek any counsel, any guidanc
and hillary clinton aid it first, she heard a rush, a roar and then finally realized what it was. what an emotional moment. >> imagine having to tell your kids in part in case they hear the crowds outside the public housing where you happen to be living. >> the fact that he did not share it with michelle obama, i was toned by that. i can sort of understand the secretary of state not breaking security to tell her husband. the former president. but the inner circle of the marital...